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See also:BUSSACO (or BusAco), SERRA DE , a See also:mountain range on the frontiers of the See also:Aveiro, See also:Coimbra, and See also:Vizeu districts of See also:Portugal, formerly included in the See also:province of See also:Beira . The highest point in the range is the Ponta de See also:Bussaco (1795 ft.), which commands a magnificent view over the Serra da Estrella, the Mondego valley and the See also:Atlantic Ocean . Luso (pop . 1661), a See also:village celebrated for its hot See also:mineral springs, is the nearest railway station, on the See also:Guarda-Figueira da Foz See also:line, which skirts the See also:northern slopes of the Serra . Towards the See also:close of the 19th See also:century the Serra de Bussaco became one of the See also:regular halting-places for See also:foreign, and especially for See also:British, tourists, on the overland route between See also:Lisbon and See also:Oporto . Its hotel, built in the Manoellian See also:style—a blend of Moorish and See also:Gothic—encloses the buildings of a secularized Carmelite monastery, founded in 1268 . The See also:convent See also:woods, now a royal domain, have See also:long been famous for their See also:cypress, See also:plane, See also:evergreen See also:oak, See also:cork and other See also:forest trees, many of which have stood for centuries and attained an immense See also:size . A See also:bull of See also:Pope See also:Gregory XV . (1623), anathematizing trespassers and forbidding See also:women to approach, is inscribed on a tablet at the See also:main entrance; another bull, of See also:Urban VIII.(1643), threatens with See also:excommunication any See also:person harming the trees . In 1873 a See also:monument was erected, on the See also:southern slopes of the . Serra, to commemorate the See also:battle of Bussaco, in which the See also:French, under See also:Marshal See also:Massena, were defeated by the British and Portuguese, under See also:Lord See also:Wellington, on the 27th of See also:September 181o . |
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